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# ucd - Monday 23 April, 2012
‘Serial planning objector’ appointed to An Bord Pleanála Exclusive
Questions raised over impartiality of new board member due to past planning appeals but Environment Minister Phil Hogan is “happy” with the appointment of Greenstar founder director Dr Gabriel Dennison.
# ucd - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
UCD Promo of the Day – part deux
Those meal deals in the UCD get stranger and stranger…
‘No fancy stuff’ Promo of the Day
At UCD’s student restaurant right now.
# ucd - Friday 30 March, 2012
Airtricity League wrap: Drogs prove too much for Derry
Shamrock Rovers and UCD also recorded wins on the fifth Friday of this season.
# ucd - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
It’s coming this summer – but what was the Eucharistic Congress like in 1932?
More than one million people attended the final mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park when it took place in 1932. This video shows what it was like.
# ucd - Tuesday 27 March, 2012
Here’s all you need to know from last night’s EA Sports Cup first round
26 goals were scored between the six fixtures. Read our round-up of the action here.
# ucd - Friday 23 March, 2012
It’s Friday, so here’s all your Airtricity League previews
Shamrock Rovers take on Shelbourne, among other intriguing fixtures tonight.
# ucd - Sunday 18 March, 2012
Column: Does the Occupy movement have a future?
Occupy’s moment may have passed it by – but that is not to say that it could not have a lasting impact, writes Dr Sarah Campbell.
Colm McCarthy: Irish bank debt was incurred “under threats” from ECB
The UCD economist said that no other eurozone country has taken on the kind of bank-related debt that Ireland took on – and warned that it may not be sustainable.
# ucd - Friday 16 March, 2012
Airtricity league round-up: Twigg rescues Rovers as Bray out-gun UCD
Your rapid fire round-up of all tonight’s Airtricity Premier and Division one results.
As it happened: Cork City v Shamrock Rovers, Airtricity League
We went minute-by-minute as Shamrock Rovers sought to maintain their 100% start to the season against Cork City in Turners Cross.
It’s Friday, so here’s all your Airtricity League Premier Division team news…
Fitness updates and views from the top-flight managers ahead of tonight’s action.
# ucd - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Column: Universities in crisis because they have no support
Irish universities fell out of the top 100 institutions rankings today but, writes Stephen Donnelly TD, without a bold, ambitious vision from Government they’ll never get back into them.
Irish colleges miss out in list of top 100 reputable universities
The latest Times Higher Education rankings, ranking colleges by reputation, do not include Irish institutions in their top 100.
# ucd - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Competition aims for new approach to graduate employment
The National Student Challenge will take place in UCD today in what gradireland hopes is a new way of providing opportunities for graduates with some of Ireland’s biggest companies.
# ucd - Saturday 10 March, 2012
Scientists discover link between HIV drug and osteoporosis
The prevalence of osteoporosis among people living with HIV in Ireland has been a cause for concern for some time.
# ucd - Sunday 4 March, 2012
Here’s 11 of the best sports pictures from the past 7 days
Our favourite images this week features Peter Cech, Adam D’Arcy and a flare brought to UCD’s opening League of Ireland game.
# ucd - Saturday 3 March, 2012
Airtricity League wrap: It’s Hunky Dory for Hoops thanks to Twigg double
If you weren’t around last night, you’ve got some domestic football to catch up on. Find out how everyone fared in their first fixture of the season.
# ucd - Thursday 23 February, 2012
Boost for Dubs as Rushe comes through Fitzgibbon test
Liam Rushe could feature when Dublin launch the defence of their NHL Division 1 title against Galway on Sunday.
# ucd - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
UCD ‘spin-out’ companies plan more than 50 jobs by end of 2013
The new companies have come about from research undertaken at the Dublin university.
# ucd - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
# ucd - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
UCD students fail in bid to overturn sacking of students’ union staff
UCD Students’ Union had closed a photocopying centre, saying it could not sustain its losses after the union fell €1m into debt.
# ucd - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Can’t get harder than this: Sudoku puzzles must have 17 clues
It was a Dublin mathematician who finally solved this quandary. Yay!
# ucd - Monday 9 January, 2012
# ucd - Thursday 22 December, 2011
# ucd - Monday 12 December, 2011
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# ucd - Friday 25 November, 2011
WATCH: UCD students tog out to save the Belfield running track
UCD Athletics Club says college authorities gave them 21 hours’ notice that their track was being closed. Here’s how they responded.
# ucd - Monday 21 November, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know by 9am: Reports that dole could be cut, Mayo Garda station in firebomb attack, Robbie helps Galaxy to MLS glory, and the anniversary we’d rather forget
# ucd - Friday 18 November, 2011
Ireland’s role in keeping astronauts healthy in space
Two European Space Agency contracts were won by two Irish men in Dublin universities, to help them undertake research on ‘accelerated ageing’ and lack of exercise in space.
# ucd - Tuesday 25 October, 2011
Shamrock Rovers clinch league title with dramatic late, late winner
Michael O’Neill’s side retain their League of Ireland crown thanks to a Dean Kelly strike, deep in injury time. And in the First Division, Shels back in the big time.
Let’s play ball: Rovers’ trip to Belfield gets the go-ahead
Michael O’Neill’s Hoops will clinch the title again… if they win against UCD.
# ucd - Monday 24 October, 2011
Rovers-UCD game called off due to bad weather
The match looks set to take place tomorrow at 7.05pm instead, provided the playing surface at the Belfield Bowl improves.
# ucd - Thursday 6 October, 2011
In pictures: Dublin Contemporary, Dublin past
Kate Horgan photographed the former UCD buildings on Earlsfort Terrace in 1999 and 2006 – and returned to capture them now as they host the Dublin Contemporary art exhibition.
# ucd - Wednesday 21 September, 2011
One hundred university staff still paid more than €200,000 wage cap
Three top academics at Irish universities are each earning more than a quarter of a million euro a year.
# ucd - Friday 12 August, 2011
Airtricity League preview: What to watch out for this weekend…
We take a look at the key battles going into this weekend’s action in the Airtricity League Premier Division…
# ucd - Sunday 7 August, 2011
LISTEN: Professor Morgan Kelly warns Ireland is now ‘insolvent’
The economist famous for predicting the recession spoke at the Kilkenny Arts Festival last night. Hear what he had to say…
# ucd - Monday 18 July, 2011
And they’re off: Irish scientists develop genetic test to find tomorrow’s top racehorses
New genomics technology will increase the chances of successfully identifying foals and yearlings who are most likely to emerge in the winner’s enclosure.
# ucd - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
No way, Jose: UCD row back on free ticket offer for Villarreal game
Pans to give away 2,000 tickets to game with La Liga outfit are scrapped due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
# ucd - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
TCD fifteenth in the world when it comes to maths
Irish universities have fared very well in maths and engineering…






















































